2018 Campeonato Paraense
# 2018 Campeonato Paraense

The 2018 Campeonato Paraense de Futebol was the 106th edition of Pará's top professional football league. The competition started on 13 January and ended on 8 April. Remo won the championship for the 45th time.

## Format

The competition will consist of two groups of five teams each, who will face off in round games and back against the other key times in a single turn. The top two will contest the semi-finals in their respective groups, thereby defining the two championship finalists. The losers of the semifinals will make two matches to decide the third place. Semifinal and final matches will round trip.

The worst placed of each group will be relegated to the Second Division.

The champion and the best placed team not qualified via CBF ranking qualify to the 2019 Copa Verde. The champion, the runner-up and the 3rd-placed team qualify to the 2019 Copa do Brasil. The best two teams who isn't on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série B or Série C qualifies to 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série D.

## Participating teams

| Club | Home city | 2017 result |
| - | - | - |
| Águia de Marabá | Marabá | 5th |
| Bragantino | Bragança | 1st (on 2nd Division) |
| Cametá | Cametá | 7th |
| Castanhal | Castanhal | 6th |
| Independente | Tucuruí | 3rd |
| Paragominas | Paragominas | 8th |
| Parauapebas | Parauapebas | 2nd (on 2nd Division) |
| Paysandu | Belém | 1st |
| Remo | Belém | 2nd |
| São Raimundo | Santarém | 4th |

## Group stage

### Group A1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Paysandu (A) | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 20 | Qualifies to the Semifinals |
| 2 | Bragantino (A) | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 19 | Qualifies to the Semifinals |
| 3 | Independente | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | |
| 4 | Águia de Marabá | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 11 | |
| 5 | Cametá (R) | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 4 | 2019 Paraense 2nd Division |

### Group A2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Remo (A) | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 22 | Qualifies to the semi-finals |
| 2 | São Raimundo (A) | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 16 | Qualifies to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Castanhal | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Paragominas | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 11 | |
| 5 | Parauapebas (R) | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 8 | 2019 Paraense 2nd Division |

## Semi-finals

### Match 51

Tied 2–2 on aggregate, Paysandu won on penalties and advanced to the final.

### Match 52

Remo won 2–1 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

